“I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble”
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist
“To the best of refuges I prefer their doorways.”
Prefiero al mejor de los refugios las puertas de cualquier refugio.
Voces (1943)
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“The doorway to success swings outward not inward.”
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